This year, Tammy's kids had the brilliant idea to do some overhauling of the front yard for Mom. The idea was to weed and mulch the front beds (with some awesome rubber mulch that is guaranteed to last for 12 years) and mow the grass. Austin and Liz basically put together the whole thing: taking care of getting the materials and even putting out a call to the ward for volunteers. We had about a dozen people come to help out and it was a fantastic experience. The original plan called for about 20 bags of mulch and a couple of rolls of landscaping fabric. We ended up using a little over a roll and a half of landscaping fabric and 65 bags of mulch! WHEW! It was quite the job but many hands make light work. The kids had a blast running around and playing in the front yard, too. Mom loved it. She saw it when she got home and I think it made her day. :) She certainly seemed very moved by the group effort. As an unexpected bonus, she made her magnificent marble bars to take to thank those in the ward who helped and we got some of the left overs. ;) Happy Mother's Day, Mom!
The kids went nuts when they were allowed to have one of the doughnuts provided for the workers
The brilliant master minds!
As a little surprise, we found a cute little perfume jar that the boys got to give to Mom.
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